'Halen' (to Get, Collect) - Dutch Verb

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Halen

2 can be translated as 'to get' - to collect, obtain, acquire, fetch - with some effort, some action required
'Krijgen'

can also be translated as 'to get,' but it is usually with less effort, like presents, 'to be given' the 'Krijgen' page
See also pakken

2 3 1. to get, grab, collect, 'get a physical hold of' ‑>>
Study the examples for a better understanding of the meaning

Conjugation		Sample Sentences

Compound Verbs with 'Halen'

Related Words

Halen 2 'to get, collect, obtain, acquire' is a weak verb of the non-kofschip type, so it has ‑DE, ‑DEN and ‑D endings in the past tense and past participle. The word may be distantly related to English 'to haul.' Sometimes you can think of 'halen' as 'to reach'

overview 1
halen		to get
ik haal		I get
ik haalde		I got
ik heb gehaald		I have gotten

overview 2
halen		to get
ik haal		I get
wij halen		we get
ik haalde		I got
wij haalden		we got
ik heb gehaald		I have gotten
2

For the change from single to double A see Adjectives

simple present tense
halen		to get
ik haal		I get
jij haalt		you get (singular, informal you)
hij haalt		he gets
wij halen		we get
jullie halen		you get (plural, informal you)
zij halen		they get
U haalt		you get (polite you)
2

simple past tense
(halen)		to get
ik haalde		I got
jij haalde		you got
hij haalde		he got
wij haalden		we got
jullie haalden		y'all got
zij haalden		they got
U haalde		you got

present perfect tense
ik heb gehaald	I have gotten

auxiliary verb hebben

Sample Sentences

een frisse neus halen

Getting [a fresh nose] some fresh air (going outside)

Wat je ver haalt is lekker 2 (saying) What you get from far away tastes good

Hij weet waar Abraham de mosterd haalt 2 (saying) 'He knows where Abraham gets mustard' - said of a knowledgeable person, but it can also be said ironically of a not-too-bright person Waar haalt Abraham de mosterd? 2 Where does Abraham get the mustard?

Ik moest rennen om de bus te halen 2 3 I had to run to catch the bus

De schipper haalde een handvol graankorrels uit een zak van z'n jasje The skipper pulled a handful of wheat from a pocket of his coat
from a folktale

Ouwe koeien uit de sloot halen 2 (saying) [Dredging up old cows from the ditch] pointless talk about foregone matters, beating a dead horse

een examen halen 2 3 4 to pass an exam, test zakken voor een examen 2 to fail an exam, test

Je hebt 't gehaald! 2 3 'You made it! You got it!' (You were successful, you reached your goal)

also: slagen 2 3 4 'to succeed, pass a test, get what you want'

slagen		to succeed, pass a test
ik slaag		I ~succeed
wij slagen		we ~succeed
ik slaagde		I ~succeeded
wij slaagden		we ~succeeded
ik ben geslaagd		I have ~succeeded
2 3 4

Ik ben geslaagd 2 1. I have succeeded, I was successful, I got what I wanted
2. I passed the exam (or test) Ben je geslaagd? 2 3 1. Did you pass the exam (or test)
usually: 2. Did you get what you wanted?

Compound Verbs with 'Halen'

'Verhalen'

is the plural of (het) verhaal

2 - but it can also mean 'to speak about events in a storylike manner,' or 'to regale'

Some compound verbs with 'halen' are good examples of the 'splitting' and 'inseparable' verbs:

achterhalen		to retrieve, find out
ik achterhaal		I'm finding out
ik achterhaalde		I found out
ik heb achterhaald		I have found out

Hij heeft 't achterhaald 2 3 4 He was able to retrieve it (hidden , hard-to-find information) In this saying, 'achterhalen' 2 means 'to overtake'
Al is de leugen nog zo snel, de waarheid achterhaalt haar wel 2 3 4 ['However quick a lie may be, the truth will overtake it'] - Lies won't last, truth will come out eventually And the adverb achterhaald means (figuratively) 'overtaken' - 'no longer relevant,' replaced by newer thinking, 'moot'

overhalen		to persuade
ik haal over		I'm persuading
ik haalde over		I persuaded
ik heb overgehaald		I have persaded

herhalen		to repeat
ik herhaalde		I repeated
ik heb herhaald		I have repeated

Herhaal de oefening 2 Repeat the exercise (more below)

afhalen		to pick up, collect
ik haalde af		I picked up
ik heb afgehaald		I have picked up

The prepositions BE-, ER-, GE-, HER-, ONT- and VER- are 'inseparable.' Otherwise, the preposition comes off when it carries the stress of the word - more

Nouns can also be part of compound verbs
haal diep adem 2 / diep ademhalen take deep breaths, breathe deep ademhalen 2 3 4 5 to breathe
(de) ademhaling 2 breath, breathing

'Ophalen' is literally 'to haul up,' usually 'to raise, lift up, bring up' - but it can also mean something like 'to collect, pick up'
herinneringen ophalen 2 to reminisce, bringing up memories We zaten gezellig herinneringen op te halen 2 We were reminiscing pleasantly, we were having a good time chatting about the past

Wie heeft jullie opgehaald? 2 Who came by to pick you up? (for instance, at a train station or airport)

neerhalen 2 to [haul] bring down (enemy airplanes, for instance)

kielhalen 2 'to keelhaul,' to punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, a punishment on old ships that often led to the death by drowning of the condemned person

Related Words

haalbaar

2 ['can be reached'] - feasible, really possible
(de) ophaalbrug

2 'drawbridge,' a bridge that can be lifted

herhaling 2 'repeat, repetition'
Niet voor herhaling vatbaar 2 3 [After a disappointment: 'not to be repeated'] - 'Let's not do (or have) that again' Je moet niet in herhaling vervallen 2 3 [Don't fall into repetitions] - Don't repeat yourself (de) repetitie 2 (3) 'test (in secondary school)' // 'rehearsal'

(het) verhaal 2 'story' ‑>>
Een lang verhaal a long story Dat is een ander verhaal 2 That's another story

'catch,' something caught is (de) vangst 2
(de) visvangst 'haul,' (amount of) fish caught

Van Halen
Between the towns of Beilen 2 and Assen were two villages or hamlets called Hooghalen 2 3 ('high -') and Laaghalen 2 3 4 5 ('low -') that taken together were called just 'Halen' 2
"gewoon doorfietsen!" 2 3 'Just keep pedaling, bike on' (Eddie van Halen said, "if you make a mistake, do it twice, and smile - that way, people will think you meant to do it that way." He shared a Dutch phrase of his father's, also a musician - quoted in The Wall Street Journal)